Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The attacker can use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, a user can execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-40598

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.5

Affected Products

Vendor: Splunk

Product: Splunk Enterprise

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.09% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 39.82% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0807
https://research.splunk.com/application/ee69374a-d27e-4136-adac-956a96ff60fd/

Timeline